John Adams and The Spirit of Liberty

1999-01-07T18:45:44-05:00https://images.c-span.org/defaults/capitol.jpgMr. Thompson talked about his book, John Adams and the Spirit of Liberty, published by the University Press of Kansas. The book is about John Adams’s political and constitutional thought, interpreting it within the tradition of political philosophy stretching from Plato to Montesquieu. The author shows how the spirit of liberty animated Adams’s life and reestablishes this forgotten revolutionary as an independent and important thinker. After his prepared remarks he took questions from the audience.

Mr. Thompson talked about his book, John Adams and the Spirit of Liberty, published by the University Press of Kansas. The book is about John…
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John Adams and The Spirit of Liberty
Mr. Thompson talked about his book, John Adams and the Spirit of Liberty, published by the University Press of Kansas. The book is about John Adams’s political and constitutional thought, interpreting it within the tradition of political philosophy stretching from Plato to Montesquieu. The author shows how the spirit of liberty animated Adams’s life and reestablishes this forgotten revolutionary as an independent and important thinker. After his prepared remarks he took questions from the audience. close